Mark Jurdjevic

Guardians of Republicanism

The Valori Family in the Florentine Renaissance

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Produktbeschreibung

Guardians of Republicanism examines the relationship between the Valori family and the political and intellectual evolution of the Florentine Renaissance. Following the family's fortunes over five generations, Jurdjevic retraces its involvement in the political struggles that marked this turbulent period in the history of Florence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780199204489
• ISBN-10: 0199204489
• Artikelnr.: 23580955

Autorenporträt

Mark Jurdjevic was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He earned a BA from the University of Toronto in 1996 and a PhD in early modern European history from Northwestern University in 2002. Between 2002-2004, he taught at Yale University's Whitney Humanities Center. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa, where he teaches early modern European history. He has published articles in Renaissance Quarterly, Past and Present, English Historical Review, Journal of the History of Ideas, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, and is currently writing a study of Machiavelli's later political thought.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
The Valori Family Tree
Scipione Ammirato's Valori Family Tree
Introduction: The Valori Family in the Florentine Renaissance
1: Francesco Valori and the Savonarolan Republic
2: Marsilio Ficino and the Valori Family
3: The Valori Family and Machiavelli's Portraits of Francesco 'il vecchio'
4: The Valori Family and Luca Della Robbia's Vita di Bartolomeo
5: The Valori Self-Portrait Under the Medici Grand Dukes
6: The Last Portraits of the Valori Family
Conclusion: The Valori Family in Florentine Historiography
Bibliography
Index
Index of Manuscripts